Today, August 23rd, marks the one-year countdown to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy. In just 12 months, some 900 riders, drivers and vaulters and their horses from over 60 countries, 500,000 visitors, at least 1,500 media representatives, and thousands of volunteers will gather in Normandy for the world’s greatest equestrian event […]

In a thrilling final showdown, the Olympic gold medalllists from Great Britain added the PSI FEI European Team Jumping Championship title to their honours list when pipping the defending champions from Germany in Herning, Denmark. And a gutsy Swedish side battled through to snatch the bronze in a competition that kept spectators on the edges […]

It was a dramatic day of team competition at the JYSK FEI European Para-Dressage Championships in Herning (DEN), with the Grades Ia, II and III riders being put through their paces. London 2012 triple gold medallist Sophie Christiansen (GBR) and compatriot Anne Dunham dominated the Grade Ia competition. Christiansen and Janeiro 6 claimed the honours […]

Germany claimed team gold for the 22nd time at the Blue Hors FEI European Dressage Championship in Herning, Denmark. In a tense battle, it fell to reigning Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Champion, Helen Langehanenberg, to clinch it with her last-to-go ride. And she did so with cool conviction when steering the brilliant Damon Hill […]

Two great tests from multi-medalled veteran, 44-year-old Isabell Werth, and team rookie, 23-year-old Fabienne Lutkemeier, have given Germany the advantage after the first part of the Blue Hors FEI European Team Dressage Championship in Herning, Denmark today. Going late into the evening, Werth stamped her authority on the leaderboard when posting the highest first-day score […]

The reigning Olympic champions from Great Britain snatched the lead in the PSI FEI European Team Jumping Championship in Herning, Denmark today when the French lost their grip on pole position. Lying second overnight, the British produced three fabulous clear rounds over the super-tough track designed by Frank Rothenberger and Bo Bak Andersen that really […]

The PSI FEI European Jumping Championship 2013 got off to a great start in Herning, Denmark tonight with a thrilling victory for Great Britain’s Ben Maher and Cella, while the French quartet of Aymeric de Ponnat, Roger Yves Bost, Patrice Delaveau and Kevin Staut head the team standings. The British lie second going into tomorrow’s […]

Eventing, the second in the 2013 series of test events for next year’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™, finished in Caen (FRA) on Sunday with victory for Italy’s Vittoria Panizzon and Merlots Magic, winners of the Irish CCI2* at Ballindenisk last September. The Italian Air Force rider, who celebrates her 30th birthday next month, led […]

The test events for next year’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ opened with Endurance in the Basse-Normandie village of Sartilly today, and it was HE Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum and Nikos who took the honours for the United Arab Emirates. Bahrain’s Raed Mahmood, deputising for HH Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa who […]

Eva Moller and Sa Coeur became one of an elite group of double champions when adding the Six-Year-Old title to last year’s victory in the Five-Year-Old category at the 2013 FEI World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses in Verden, Germany today. And it was Lena Stegmann and Scara Boa who topped yesterday’s Five-Year-Old division […]